Mrs. Elizabeth Wood Weas

Welcome to 7th and 8th grade Speech and Debate!

Elizabeth Wood-Weas coaches speech and debate at Mountain Brook High School and Mountain Brook Junior High School. This year, her high school students qualified to the University of Kentucky’s elite Tournament of Champions, and multiple debaters from her team represented the state of Alabama at the national tournament. Her middle school students won one of five coveted School of Excellence awards at the National Middle School Speech and Debate tournament when they broke to out-rounds in all 3 debate events. She and her team travel extensively throughout the year to regularly compete in the country’s top tournaments. She is a former policy debater herself, and she enjoys teaching and coaching policy, Lincoln-Douglas and public forum events to students in grades 7 through 12. She serves as vice president of the Alabama Speech and Debate Association and as a member of the Deep South District committee.

Coach Wood-Weas and her husband, Chris, live in Mountain Brook, Alabama, and they have one son, Russell, who is a junior and a policy debater, as well. She has a Masters degree in Education, along with Bachelor of Science degrees in Mass Communications and English. This summer, she began studies beyond her masters for an additional degree in Teacher Leadership. In spare time, she and her husband enjoy traveling, boating, and spending time with family.